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 Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:42 pm
Wow i never knew a simple question would take up this much space on a topic. Thanks for all the info.
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:36 pm
Lumanny the Space Jew comfortably_dumb Nines19 comfortably_dumb Lumanny the Space Jew SchizoSpazz Maybe I'm pulling a major taboo here by writing this, but I've heard in church that his actual name is Elohim (the father, not the son. Let's get that clear). Hmm, I learned it was the plural form of God. More likely a plural form of god. wink Capital vs. lowercase sometimes makes a pretty important distinction. Elohim is likely similar in nature to Allah; it means god and in context also refers to God. (Words are fun.) Okay good, because I was taught that it was the plural form of god by someone who's known Hebrew for about.... 25 years. I couldn't imagine her getting something wrong for so long. XD
The suffix 'im' denotes it's plural, but the literal trandlation is singular.If "im" denotes it as plural then... isn't it plural? o_o
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:08 am
Thank you all for taking into account what I had to say and giving me feedback on it. I learned so much.
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:22 pm
comfortably_dumb Lumanny the Space Jew comfortably_dumb Nines19 comfortably_dumb Hmm, I learned it was the plural form of God. More likely a plural form of god. wink Capital vs. lowercase sometimes makes a pretty important distinction. Elohim is likely similar in nature to Allah; it means god and in context also refers to God. (Words are fun.) Okay good, because I was taught that it was the plural form of god by someone who's known Hebrew for about.... 25 years. I couldn't imagine her getting something wrong for so long. XD
The suffix 'im' denotes it's plural, but the literal trandlation is singular.If "im" denotes it as plural then... isn't it plural? o_o
No. The expression is 'El HaElohim', god of gods. We call G-d this, or 'Elohim' for short, even though 'Elohim' is actually the word 'gods' in the phrase.
It's just one of those things.
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:29 pm
And before we get into it, these aren't the actual name either, just indirect nicknames:
Hashem ("The Name")
El
G-d
Eloheinu ("Our god")
Lord
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:27 pm
Lumanny the Space Jew comfortably_dumb Lumanny the Space Jew comfortably_dumb Nines19 comfortably_dumb Hmm, I learned it was the plural form of God. More likely a plural form of god. wink Capital vs. lowercase sometimes makes a pretty important distinction. Elohim is likely similar in nature to Allah; it means god and in context also refers to God. (Words are fun.) Okay good, because I was taught that it was the plural form of god by someone who's known Hebrew for about.... 25 years. I couldn't imagine her getting something wrong for so long. XD
The suffix 'im' denotes it's plural, but the literal trandlation is singular.If "im" denotes it as plural then... isn't it plural? o_o
It's just one of those things.Like saying "America" as a form of "United States of America".
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:48 pm
Nines19 Lumanny the Space Jew comfortably_dumb Lumanny the Space Jew comfortably_dumb Okay good, because I was taught that it was the plural form of god by someone who's known Hebrew for about.... 25 years. I couldn't imagine her getting something wrong for so long. XD
The suffix 'im' denotes it's plural, but the literal trandlation is singular.If "im" denotes it as plural then... isn't it plural? o_o
It's just one of those things.Like saying "America" as a form of "United States of America".
Yes, exactly.
In this situation, the object of the preposition happens to be plural, so it seems like a plural noun even though it's singular.
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:52 pm
Yhwh Elohe Ẓeba'ot
Shem ha-Meyuḥad
Shem ha-Meforash
Shem ben Arba' Otiyyot
Adonai
Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh
Elohim
Shaddai Hu' Lo
El
Yhwh
Shaddai
El 'Elyon
These are among some of the names...
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:39 pm
i was told that Elohim is an "honorific plural", such as royalty use.
as Queen Victoria, when she said "WE are not amused."
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